Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China (Adopted at the Seventh Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress on May 12, 1994, promulgated by Order No.22 of the President of the People's Republic of China on May 12, 1994, and effective as of July 1, 1994)

Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions

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Manifest

Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China (Adopted at the Seventh Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress on May 12, 1994, promulgated by Order No.22 of the President of the People's Republic of China on May 12, 1994, and effective as of July 1, 1994)

Chapter III Import and Export of Goods and Technologies

Article 16

The State may restrict the import and export of the goods and technologies under any of the following circumstance: (1) for safeguarding national security or public interests, there is need to restrict imports or exports; (2) due to short supply on domestic market or for effective conservation of exhaustible domestic resources, there is need to restrict exports; (3) due to the limited market capacity in the country or region of destination, there is need to restrict exports; (4) for establishing or speeding up the establishment of a particular domestic industry, there is need to restrict imports; (5) for any form of agricultural, animal husbandry or fishery products, there is necessity to restrict imports; (6) for safeguarding the State's international financial position and ensuring the balance of international receipts and payments, there is need to restrict imports; or (7) under the international treaties or agreements signed or acceded to by the People's Republic of China, there is need to restrict imports or exports.

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